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Example Sentences

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This is no small accomplishment and would have tripped up a lesser writer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Brokers and agents get paid commissions for each new Medicare Advantage subscriber they sign up, and a lesser amount for renewals.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Sentencing, Sheriff Watson accepted Crampsie had a "lesser degree of culpability" but said her decision was "reckless" and it merited a jail sentence.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“Rumanes was, simply put, promised one job and forced to accept another. And then he was cut loose for insisting on doing that lesser job with integrity and honesty,” according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Wasn’t it punishment enough to live as Spares, with lesser magic, and now they had to be far from their families too?

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega